The ETSI Multi-access Edge Computing Industry Specification Group on Wednesday announced the release of two major reports as part of its Phase 2 work.
The report ETSI GR MEC 027 studies the impact of alternative virtualization technologies. The second report, ETSI GR MEC 024, examines network slicing on edge computing systems.
ETSI GR MEC 027, a report on alternative virtualization technologies, identifies the additional support that needs to be provided when MEC applications run on containers. Building on related work developed by the ETSI NFV group, it defines the usage of such technologies in a MEC environment, the impact on implementation of MEC systems and applications and the potential updates of future ETSI MEC standards.
ETSI GR MEC 024 identifies the MEC functionalities to support network slicing and the impact on future ETSI MEC specifications. It provides important use cases and examples of how network slicing may be addressed in edge computing systems. One of them includes the description, use case recommendations and evaluation of a network slice integrating MEC applications and using 3GPP elements.
Alex Reznik, Chair of the ETSI ISG MEC
This report is the result of this analysis and the good news is ETSI MEC-defined APIs are almost entirely virtualization technology agnostic. This highlights the quality and future proof of the APIs we’ve standardized in the group.
